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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Mabel Albertson
Actor
24-Jul-1901 28-Sep-1982 Darrin's mother on Bewitched
Louis Aragon
Poet
3-Oct-1897 24-Dec-1982 Communistic French poet
John M. Ashbrook
Politician
21-Sep-1928 24-Apr-1982 Congressman from Ohio, 1961-82
Arthur Askey
Comic
6-Jun-1900 16-Nov-1982 Horn-rimmed British comic
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Head of State
1-Jul-1914 4-Oct-1982 President of Iraq, 1968-79
Lester Bangs
Critic
14-Dec-1948 30-Apr-1982 Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
Walworth Barbour
Diplomat
4-Jun-1908 21-Jul-1982 US Ambassador to Israel, 1961-73
Djuna Barnes
Novelist
12-Jun-1892 18-Jun-1982 Modernist poet, Nightwood
Joseph M. Barr
Politician
28-May-1906 26-Aug-1982 Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1959-70
Hugh Beaumont
Actor
16-Feb-1909 14-May-1982 Ward Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver
John Belushi
Actor
24-Jan-1949 5-Mar-1982 Animal House
Brenda Benet
Actor
14-Aug-1945 7-Apr-1982 Days of Our Lives
Ingrid Bergman
Actor
29-Aug-1915 29-Aug-1982 Murder on the Orient Express
Rudy Bond
Actor
1-Oct-1912 29-Mar-1982 A Streetcar Named Desire
John Brahm
Film Director
17-Aug-1893 12-Oct-1982 The Lodger
Leonid Brezhnev
Head of State
19-Dec-1906 10-Nov-1982 Leader of the Soviet Union, 1964-82
James Broderick
Actor
7-Mar-1927 1-Nov-1982 Doug Lawrence on Family
Virginia Bruce
Actor
29-Sep-1910 24-Feb-1982 The Invisible Woman
Victor Buono
Actor
3-Feb-1938 1-Jan-1982 King Tut on Batman
W. R. Burnett
Novelist
25-Nov-1899 25-Apr-1982 Little Caesar
Rab Butler
Politician
9-Dec-1902 8-Mar-1982 UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64
Roberto Calvi
Business
13-Apr-1920 17-Jun-1982 Vatican banker who died mysteriously
Marcel Camus
Film Director
21-Apr-1912 13-Jan-1982 Black Orpheus
Alberto Cavalcanti
Film Director
6-Feb-1897 23-Aug-1982 Went the Day Well?
John Charnley
Doctor
29-Aug-1912 5-Aug-1982 Hip replacement surgery
John Cheever
Author
27-May-1912 18-Jun-1982 The Enormous Radio
John Cardinal Cody
Religion
24-Dec-1907 25-Apr-1982 Archbishop of Chicago, 1965-82
Hans Conried
Actor
15-Apr-1917 5-Jan-1982 Character actor, 1930s to 1970s
Robert Coote
Actor
4-Feb-1909 26-Nov-1982 My Fair Lady
Haskell Curry
Mathematician
12-Sep-1900 1-Sep-1982 Combinatory Logic
Helmut Dantine
Actor
7-Oct-1917 2-May-1982 Edge of Darkness
Patrick Dewaere
Actor
26-Jan-1947 16-Jul-1982 Les valseuses
Philip K. Dick
Novelist
16-Dec-1928 2-Mar-1982 Blade Runner
Ruth Donnelly
Actor
17-May-1896 17-Nov-1982 A Slight Case of Murder
Tom Drake
Actor
5-Aug-1918 11-Aug-1982 Meet Me In St. Louis
Dominique Dunne
Actor
23-Nov-1959 4-Nov-1982 Poltergeist
Hugh Everett
Physicist
11-Nov-1930 19-Jul-1982 Many Worlds Theory of quantum physics
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Film Director
31-May-1945 10-Jun-1982 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Marty Feldman
Comic
8-Jul-1933 2-Dec-1982 Eye-gor in Young Frankenstein
Homer S. Ferguson
Politician
25-Feb-1889 17-Dec-1982 US Senator from Michigan, 1943-55
Henry Fonda
Actor
16-May-1905 12-Aug-1982 12 Angry Men
Abe Fortas
Judge
19-Jun-1910 5-Apr-1982 US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69
Anna Freud
Relative
3-Dec-1895 9-Oct-1982 Daughter of Sigmund Freud
Karl von Frisch
Zoologist
20-Nov-1886 12-Jun-1982 Researched bee communications
Hugh J. Gallen
Politician
30-Jul-1924 29-Dec-1982 Governor of New Hampshire, 1979-82
John Gardner
Novelist
21-Jul-1933 14-Sep-1982 Grendel
Dave Garroway
Talk Show Host
13-Jul-1913 21-Jul-1982 Host of Today, 1952-61
Bill George
Football
27-Oct-1929 30-Sep-1982 Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer
William F. Giauque
Chemist
12-May-1895 28-Mar-1982 Adiabatic demagnetization
Erving Goffman
Sociologist
11-Jun-1922 19-Nov-1982 The Presentation of Self
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Head of State
6-Feb-1905 1-Sep-1982 Head of Polish Communists, 1956-70
Freeman F. Gosden
Actor
5-May-1899 10-Dec-1982 Amos of Amos & Andy
Robert Gottschalk
Inventor
12-Mar-1918 3-Jun-1982 Wide-screen motion picture technology
Glenn Gould
Pianist
25-Sep-1932 4-Oct-1982 Canadian pianist, Bach soloist
Margot Grahame
Actor
20-Feb-1911 1-Jan-1982 The Informer
Gordon Gray
Government
30-May-1909 26-Nov-1982 Secretary of the Army, 1949-50
Horace Gregory
Poet
10-Apr-1898 11-Mar-1982 Chelsea Rooming House
Marvin Griffin
Politician
4-Sep-1907 13-Jun-1982 Governor of Georgia, 1955-59
Leroy Grumman
Business
4-Jan-1895 4-Oct-1982 Co-Founder, Grumman Aircraft
Joyce C. Hall
Business
29-Aug-1891 29-Oct-1982 Founder of Hallmark Cards
Virginia Hall
Spy
6-Apr-1906 14-Jul-1982 American spy
Granville Hicks
Critic
9-Sep-1901 18-Jun-1982 Marxist critic, The Great Tradition
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Military
8-May-1897 18-Jun-1982 CIA Director, 1947-50
Stanley Holloway
Actor
1-Oct-1890 30-Jan-1982 Passport to Pimlico
Lightnin' Hopkins
Guitarist
15-Mar-1912 30-Jan-1982 Mojo Hand
Craig Hosmer
Politician
6-May-1915 11-Oct-1982 Congressman from California, 1953-74
Leon Jaworski
Government
19-Sep-1905 9-Dec-1982 Watergate special prosecutor
Jackie Jensen
Baseball
9-Mar-1927 14-Jul-1982 American League MVP, 1958
Celia Johnson
Actor
18-Dec-1908 26-Apr-1982 Brief Encounter
Victor Jory
Actor
23-Nov-1902 12-Feb-1982 Cat-Women of the Moon
Curd Jürgens
Actor
13-Dec-1915 18-Jun-1982 The Spy Who Loved Me
Bill Justis
Musician
14-Oct-1927 15-Jul-1982 Raunchy
Grace Kelly
Royalty
12-Nov-1929 14-Sep-1982 American-born Princess of Monaco
Henry King
Film Director
24-Jan-1886 29-Jun-1982 Twelve O'Clock High
Paul Kollsman
Inventor
22-Feb-1900 17-Mar-1982 Barometric altimeter
Fernando Lamas
Actor
9-Jan-1915 8-Oct-1982 The Lost World
Harvey Lembeck
Actor
15-Apr-1923 5-Jan-1982 Cpl. Barbella on The Phil Silvers Show
Abba Lerner
Economist
28-Oct-1903 27-Oct-1982 The Economics of Control
Ted Lewis
Novelist
18-Jan-1940 15-May-1982 Jack's Return Home
Rayford W. Logan
Historian
7-Jan-1897 4-Nov-1982 The Negro in American Life and Thought
Arthur Lowe
Actor
22-Sep-1915 15-Apr-1982 Dad's Army
Edward Ludwig
Film Director
7-Oct-1898 20-Aug-1982 The Fighting Seabees
Paul Lynde
Comic
13-Jun-1926 10-Jan-1982 Hollywood Square
Dwight Macdonald
Critic
24-Mar-1906 19-Dec-1982 Against the American Grain
Archibald Macleish
Poet
7-May-1892 20-Apr-1982 Conquistador
Patrick Magee
Actor
31-Mar-1922 14-Aug-1982 Mr. Alexander in A Clockwork Orange
Hugh Marlowe
Actor
30-Jan-1911 2-May-1982 Jim Matthews on Another World
Ngaio Marsh
Novelist
23-Apr-1895 18-Feb-1982 New Zealand detective novelist
Isa Miranda
Actor
5-Jul-1905 8-Jul-1982 Summertime
Thelonious Monk
Jazz Musician
10-Oct-1917 17-Feb-1982 Influential jazz pianist and composer
Stanford Moore
Chemist
4-Sep-1913 23-Aug-1982 Amino-acid analyzer
Kenneth More
Actor
20-Sep-1914 12-Jul-1982 The Admirable Crichton
Henry S. Morgan
Business
24-Oct-1900 8-Feb-1982 Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
Vic Morrow
Actor
14-Feb-1929 23-Jul-1982 Sgt. Chip Saunders on Combat
Jack Mullaney
Actor
18-Sep-1929 27-Jun-1982 The Ann Sothern Show
Philip Noel-Baker
Politician
1-Nov-1889 8-Oct-1982 Instrumental creating League of Nations and UN
Jay Novello
Actor
22-Aug-1904 2-Sep-1982 The Lost World
Warren Oates
Actor
5-Jul-1928 3-Apr-1982 Two-Lane Blacktop
Barack Obama, Sr.
Relative
18-Jun-1936 24-Nov-1982 Father of President Barack Obama
Philip Ober
Actor
23-Mar-1902 13-Sep-1982 From Here to Eternity
Carl Orff
Composer
10-Jul-1895 29-Mar-1982 Carmina Burana
Satchel Paige
Baseball
7-Jul-1906 8-Jun-1982 Negro Leagues, Cleveland Indians pitcher
Buddy Parker
Football
16-Dec-1913 22-Mar-1982 Steelers Head Coach, 1957-64
Lee Patrick
Actor
22-Nov-1901 21-Nov-1982 Henrietta Topper on Topper
Art Pepper
Jazz Musician
1-Sep-1925 15-Jun-1982 Alto saxophonist
Georges Perec
Novelist
7-Mar-1936 3-Mar-1982 La Vie: mode d'emploi
Barney Phillips
Actor
20-Oct-1913 17-Aug-1982 Character actor
Norris Poulson
Politician
23-Jul-1895 25-Sep-1982 Mayor of Los Angeles, 1953-61
Eleanor Powell
Dancer
21-Nov-1912 11-Feb-1982 Lady Be Good
George Quist
Business
? 1982 Co-Founder, Hambrecht & Quist
Ayn Rand
Author
2-Feb-1905 6-Mar-1982 Atlas Shrugged
Kenneth Rexroth
Poet
22-Dec-1905 6-Jun-1982 Disenchanted beat poet
Randy Rhoads
Guitarist
6-Dec-1956 19-Mar-1982 Ozzy's guitarist dies joyriding airplane
James W. Riddleberger
Diplomat
21-Sep-1904 17-Oct-1982 Chief of Central European Affairs, 1944-47
Marty Robbins
Country Musician
26-Sep-1925 8-Dec-1982 El Paso
Elmer E. Robinson
Politician
3-Oct-1894 9-Jun-1982 Mayor of San Francisco, 1948-56
Joe E. Ross
Actor
15-Mar-1914 13-Aug-1982 Car 54, Where Are You?
Artur Rubinstein
Pianist
28-Jan-1887 20-Dec-1982 Polish-American piano virtuoso
Joe Sawyer
Actor
29-Aug-1906 21-Apr-1982 Character actor 1930s to 1950s
Romy Schneider
Actor
23-Sep-1938 29-May-1982 La Passante du Sans-Souci
Gershom Scholem
Historian
5-Dec-1897 21-Feb-1982 Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah
Reta Shaw
Actor
13-Sep-1912 8-Jan-1982 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Takashi Shimura
Actor
12-Mar-1905 11-Feb-1982 The Seven Samurai
Don L. Short
Politician
22-Jun-1903 10-May-1982 Congressman from North Dakota, 1959-65
Sonny Stitt
Jazz Musician
2-Feb-1924 22-Jul-1982 Jazz saxophonist
Lee Strasberg
Theater Director
17-Nov-1901 17-Feb-1982 Theater director and acting coach
Michio Suzuki
Business
10-Feb-1887 1982 Founder of Suzuki Motor Co.
Jack Swigert
Astronaut
30-Aug-1931 27-Dec-1982 Command Module Pilot on Apollo 13
Gabor Szabo
Jazz Musician
8-Mar-1936 26-Feb-1982 Innovative jazz guitarist
Frederick Terman
Scientist
7-Jun-1900 19-Dec-1982 Stanford Research Park
Hugo Theorell
Scientist
6-Jul-1903 15-Aug-1982 Oxidation enzymes
Cal Tjader
Jazz Musician
16-Jul-1925 5-May-1982 Latin-jazz bandleader
Bess Truman
First Lady
13-Feb-1885 18-Oct-1982 First Lady under Harry S. Truman
Tom Tully
Actor
21-Aug-1908 27-Apr-1982 Insp. Matt Grebb on The Lineup
Merle Tuve
Physicist
27-Jun-1901 20-May-1982 Proximity fuse
Nathan F. Twining
Military
11-Oct-1897 29-Mar-1982 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60
Alberto Vargas
Artist
9-Feb-1896 30-Dec-1982 Creator of the "Vargas Girl"
King Vidor
Film Director
8-Feb-1894 1-Nov-1982 Northwest Passage
Charles Walters
Film Director
17-Nov-1911 13-Aug-1982 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Alan Webb
Actor
2-Jul-1906 22-Jun-1982 English character actor
Jack Webb
Actor
2-Apr-1920 23-Dec-1982 Joe Friday in Dragnet
John Hay Whitney
Business
17-Aug-1904 8-Feb-1982 New York Herald Tribune
Don Wilson
Radio Personality
1-Sep-1900 25-Apr-1982 Jack Benny's announcer
Vladimir Zworykin
Inventor
30-Jul-1889 29-Jul-1982 Patented color televison


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